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"Denying historical facts, especially on such an important subject
as the Holocaust, is just not acceptable. Nor is it acceptable to call
for the elimination of any State or people. I would like to see this
fundamental principle respected both in rhetoric and in practice by all
the members of the international community".

About the Holocaust and the
United Nations Outreach Programme

Rejecting any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either
in full or in part, the General Assembly
adopted a resolution (A/RES/60/7) by consensus condemning "without
reserve" all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement,
harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic
origin or religious belief, whenever they occur.

The resolution declared that the United Nations would designate 27 January -- the
anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp -- as an
annual International Day of Commemoration
in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, and urged Member States to
develop educational programmes to instill the memory of the tragedy in
future generations to prevent genocide from occurring again. It
requested the United Nations Secretary-General to establish an outreach
programme on the "Holocaust and the United Nations", as well as institute
measures to mobilize civil society for Holocaust remembrance and
education, in order to help prevent future acts of genocide.

The Holocaust was a turning point in history, which prompted the world
to say "never again". The significance of resolution A/RES/60/7 is
that it calls for a remembrance of past crimes with an eye towards
preventing them in the future.

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